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PINEAPPLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

Synonyms:

ananas; pineapple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pineapple" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("pineapple" is a part of...):

Ananas comosus; pineapple; pineapple plant (a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

Synonyms:

Ananas comosus; pineapple; pineapple plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pineapple" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "pineapple"):

ananas; pineapple (large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("pineapple" is a member of...):

Ananas; genus Ananas (a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples))

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